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There is absolutely an advantage. FDIC insurance limits are $250K. Anymore and you take on a (non-zero) risk of the bank defaulting.

Parking cash with US Treasury is substantially safer.

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If the US Treasury were to default, how likely would the FDIC to default as well? After all, part of their funds is itself in the form of Treasury securities.

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